Sunday’s lineup/pregame notes: Giants give it a bit of a new look

No call-ups to announce yet. Bruce Bochy still wasn’t prepared this morning to disclose the 4-6 guys who will be part of the team’s expanded September roster. It could be announced after today’s game or Monday. Only clue the manager would give is that an extra catcher will be part of the group, so speculate away. Tony Abreu was activated from the disabled list after Saturday night’s game, and he’s in the lineup today at second, but he’s the only new guy here.

Bochy warned that whichever players are called up, it shouldn’t be assumed they’ll immediately be inserted into lineups throughout the final month. “It’s hard to say how much they’ll get to play,” he said.

The Giants are going with an expanded-roster type lineup today against the Diamondbacks’ best starter this year, left-hander Patrick Corbin (13-4, 2.79). Joaquin Arias gets a rare shot in the leadoff spot, and Brett Pill gets another look in left. Here’s the full crew:

Angel Pagan is not in the lineup after two days leading off, but Bochy was said he could have played and he’s available off the bench today. He’s pleased with what he’s seen from Pagan the first two days back with the club.

“He feels pretty good — he was a little tight last night — but he’s running well,” Bochy said. “It’s pretty impressive, considering the extent of the surgery, how well he’s doing. He has a lot of life in his legs, it doesn’t look like the surgery has affected him at all. It’s pretty amazing how he’s come out of this.”

Once again apprised that Arizona manager Kirk Gibson was chuckling after Bochy nearly got conked by Miguel Montero with a flying bat Saturday night, the manager mused, “I’ve already told a couple of my guys to let a few bats go in his direction today.”

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Botchy wasn’t sure it was the right decision, even though Loney Lite caught Bloomquist off first base. “LL9 thought that throw was off line, but we might have had a shot to get Montero there. That’s the first baseman’s read, and if he thinks it’s offline, he’s got to cut it. But there might have been a play at the plate there.”

What’s with this double-talk? For a guy who supposedly always has his players’ backs, Botchy sure takes a lot of snarky shots at LL9. The Busted Poseur says he was doubtful they would’ve gotten an out, but of course he’s terrified of having to block the plate.”

Nobody has accused either Loney Lite or the Busted Poseur of having any baseball smarts, and the latter is notably timid since hurting himself in a futile attempt to block the plate against Scott Cousins. On the bright side, that high draft could still bring the next Christina Arroyo.

I was reading Wiki about the 77 Astro’s..some great players. JR Richard was homeless for a while. And did you know Ceasar Cedeno shot and killed his GF in the DR..and was fined $100 in 1973? Angel Villalon shows not much has changed…

Well, as the skipper, I *think* you might have an idea, n’est ce pas?
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I like this lineup, but I don’t like like it. I mean, it makes sense to learn more about some of these players. Can Arias leadoff in a pinch? I’ve been nonplussed by Abreu’s defense, especially at 2B. But he’s got a bit of doubles-power and is a switch-hitter. So, sure this is *THE* time to do all these things. Sanchez catching, sure. More reps = bueno.

Brett Pill. I truly hope this will be more than the ONE game Pagan takes off each 3 games. This guy deserves a long look above ANY other Giant. This isn’t my “bias” or anything. It’s because his MiLB stats have been off the charts. Better than Posey’s or Sandoval’s were. And he’s gonna need a roster spot in 2014 or be gone.

Blanco in CF? Meh. I’m confused about our current roster, I don’t even think we have a replacement CF, do we? Pegs got sent down for Pagan, Torres is gone, Perez is not up yet… ESPN Depth Chart lists PENCE as our 2nd CF?

Alright, let’s go Petit. It will always seem weird in my mind that “Pettitte” is a shorter pronunciation and “Petit” is a longer pronunciation. But my brain is wired weird.

Pill’s minor league stats definitely aren’t as good as Posey’s and/or Sandoval’s when you consider that this was Pill’s fourth consecutive season spent primarily in Fresno. Posey was immediately successful at every level he played and skipped AA entirely. Sandoval skipped AAA. They both hit the Big Leagues to stay in their early 20s. That’s the difference between players with high level talent and guys like Brett Pill.

Carmot, clutchup and channelclemente –
The 3 C men + Giants publicity/season ticket renewal marketing office trying to CON Giants fans that 2013 was nothing more than a disaster of a season & that this is something that we should all settle for and be happy with.

Along with pacman, MLBSF, … count me out too.

I’ve really lost interest. Blanco gets his 2nd HR this year – well whoop dee doo.
That’s about what I expected from Senor de Slap.

Bochy doesn’t play the young guys much – again what’s expected but careful Bruce – that’s partly what got you canned in San Diego not that many years ago.

I will stick this season out to the bitter end. I like baseball and I like to watch the Giants play baseball so it’s not a difficult decision. As for those who’ve checked out, that’s your prerogative. Not sure why it’s necessary for some to post every day about how they’ve checked out but different strokes I guess.

That is like some video-game stat line.
I know it doesn’t always translate to MLB. I get all that. But he deserves a longer look, based on performance. If that isn’t enough motivation, he could be gone next season. As if that isn’t enough, he just *might* help fill one of our most pressing needs for our 2014 roster.

Personally, I think Kiesch and Noonan shouldn’t make a MLB roster. I’m willing to leave that alone in this eval period and say I could be proven wrong. But Pill could have the highest upside and is worth the look, while we aren’t hardly playing him.

Arias and Abreu played that cutoff man positioning as bad as middle infielders possibly could, and the brain that is Krukow said it was Blanco’s throw. Neither guy went out, Arias pointed to second while he lingered at his SS position instead of either busting out to get in cutoff position….Wotus? Talk to your guys…

Here we go with the subtleties that *really* tick me off. Arias was standing around in his SS position, nowhere to be seen in that play. Shouldn’t he have been covering 2B, so Abreu could be four steps in the outfield for the cutoff? And Abreu’s footwork was atrocious. Two steps away from 2B, no anticipation, no deliberate setting up his footwork.

All that turns into an early run scored. Petit didn’t break quickly to back-up home, but he got there and was there. Posey got to his as$ignment by the pitcher’s mound. Props to ARI for having their on-deck batter signaling how to slide at home.

Yup, you saw exactly what I saw too. And seriously? If Abreu doesn’t have “enough” time to set up his positioning AND his footwork on a 130+ foot throw in from deep outfield, he shouldn’t be a MLB middle infielder.

Yeah, Carmot…I know I cap on Krukow too often, but he and Kuiper are ex-major leaguers…and on the replay they still stick with their point…it’s like they aren’t even watching. Blanco is struggling enough..he doesn’t need the guys to attribute a bad play to him when it wasn’t his bad play.

CU…Arias had made a move on the ball and his momentum made it hard for him to get out…BUT he still should have been able to. Abreu just watched. I feel both own it…it is the SS play unless taken out of the ability based on the play, and at a minimum the 2B and SS need to communicate (verbally, sight, gestures) and they just looked at each other and were lazy. That’s my take.

Since Carmot is counting plate appearances, it probably never occurred to him that Pill has had almost 4,000 of them in pro baseball. Do you not think that’s enough to judge a player?… Who by the way turns 29 (29!) this week. This is not one of the youngsters, you know.

There was a little moment during Sandoval’s AB (or PA, if you wish)… I think it was after the 1-0 pitch. Pence on 2B was waving BOTH his hands (“jazz hands”-like) to get either Flan’s or Posey’s attention.

Maybe it was a ‘what to do’ in X situation or something. Dunno. But I just love that Pence has his head in the game, at all times. This team certainly needs players like that, we seem to be on the wrong end of that spectrum way too often.

I might just get run out of here for saying this, but Petit’s fastball has looked impressive to me all game long. I know we live in a radar-gun-era, but the life and weight of his FB seems to be “something” that batters can’t pick up easily, and looks danged good on the telly. Like there is a bit of late life, the last few feet in it.

I’m still not ready to pencil him in for the #5 rotation slot in 2014. Not hardly.

I highly doubt he gets to five… But Pence is making a case to ensure he gets his contract term up to four years with the Giants. Four months ago, I would’ve expected it to most likely be a three-year contract offer.

Uh… Brett Pill is out of options at the end of the year. So they’re going to have to decide what they want to do with him. It’s ultimately about performance. I don’t care how hard he’s trying. That’s nice. Maybe he should try in Japan.

You remember back in maybe 2008 or 2009 when KNBR had a unique contest to ‘have dinner with your favorite Giant’? I’m pretty sure that at that time, many would’ve picked Timmy. Even back then, I would’ve picked Romo. I think I still would. Not sure about the food/drink stuff, but I should prolly hide my geisha, Elvis, and 70’s outfits, huh?

Perfecto, my husband and I were just talking about Pill maybe an hour ago. I mentioned he’s spent the last four seasons at AAA, and he said “He sounds like he should go to Japan.” That’s where John Bowker is now. He was our last version of Pill.

The Giants moved Pill off the 40 and exposed him to waivers back in 2010. They’re going to need to protect quite a few new players in 2014, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see Pill DFA’d after the season ends. In fact, I would expect it. Think of Pill playing LF (and later maybe some 3B) as the Giants doing him a solid by allowing other teams to evaluate him for next year.

This message: To the Train Bust of the Giants
Not pitching Mijares in key spots- ain’t rocket science
His WHIP & ERA are sky-miles high
Stats that could make even a grown Giants fan cry
Got me a palmface from your ‘veteran reliance.’

avwh: I’m hoping that after tomorrow, when reinforcements arrive from Fresno, we won’t have to see them at all, ever. Bring up Dunning, Hembree, and Kontos, get Affeldt back, go with Casilla, Rosario, Lopez, and Romo.

No more Mijares, Moscoso, or Machi, and just to show it’s not Venezuela-specific, please, no more Kickham or Zito, either. Surkamp and Petit can handle the fifth starter and long reliever duties.

Moosie, you said that before, but Mijares been gawd-awful the last month. In August he allowed 7/13 inherited runners to score AND 12 of his own runs–in only 11.0 IP. That’s flat-out horrible. Ramon Ramirez was DFA’d for less in June. If Mijares weren’t a lefty and Affeldt weren’t injured, Mijares might be gone already.

I don’t know if he’s tired or in a slump or hurting or this is who he really is, but I for one don’t need to see more of that anytime soon.

Clutch, I can only speak for myself, but I’d rather see young pitchers who might be part of the future than 30-something journeymen minor leaguers like the 3Ms. Even if the youngsters struggle, at least they’re gaining some experience at the big league level.

And what did Ramirez do well this year before he was let go? He was given one shot to see if he had anything left. He didn’t.

If all it takes is a bad month, then Posey should be gone, Belt should be gone, Pablo should be gone, Cain, Scutaro, Pence and all the rest. Then you could see Pill and Minicoozzi and Dominguez and Escobar and anybody and everybody in the Giants system, because most of them would have a bad outing or two. The end of the year lineup would likely include Arroyo at shortstop.

And if he has an O-fer, then the brass is busy trying to fill 40 roster spots by spring training!

ClutchUp says:
September 1st, 2013 at 12:32 pm
Tool Hole will guarantee this win with the recipe of Posey and Hector with BB9 taking a day off.

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What a troll you are Clutch inciting negativity and argument for the purpose of what to attack someone.

But to the Point, Hector is about to go to 8 and 5 in this woefull season, It is very nice to see a Giant contributing to the teams success with 2 more hits and 3 RBI’s.

It probably chaps your hide that somone who plays in a quarter or so of the Giants games can have the Giants with a Winning percentage well ahead of the Giants averages without him and far far ahead of that other player in which the TEAM performs much lower than average when he is in the game. But alas, you brokered the subject not I.

Be glad the Giants are about to win their 4th series out of 12 in the second half for those are YOUR San Francisco GIANNNNNTTTTSSS!

OK, Moosie (sorry, too lazy to type 11 “o’s”)–point taken. I am a bit puzzled why you’re such an adamant defender of Mijares–who’s never seemed all that reliable to me, even last year–but more power to you.

I’ll answer for myself that I want to see our prospects do well, of course. But if they absolutely stink it up, I’ll still say ‘go ahead and play ’em anyways. We need more than a small sample size to make better determinations, right? Just play them.

If they are terrible, at least we *know*. And can help make off-season moves accordingly (I hope). There’s also that draft pick consideration. If they light it up, then that makes for great support for our team come 2014. Trying to ‘aim’ for a protected pick isn’t nearly as helpful- with a 3-4 year timeline before our picks can contribute in SF, if ever.

The other upside is giving some rest to our banged up guys like Scoots, Sandoval, and even Pagan. Our valuable arms too: Cain, Bum, Romo… I’d add Pence in as one who should get some rest, but we know Bochy has already said otherwise. I’d say Craw is due some rest days, but is also unlikely.

The idea Bochy has said there’s no guarantee our call-ups will get immediate playing time is really disconcerting. Letting them ‘rust’ on the bench… Oh geez.

I just checked Mijares stats for before all star game, and even though his ERA was good, his WHIP was 1.44. Only Zito, Vogey, Kontos and Kickham were worse in the first half in WHIP. Now his WHIP is something like 1.77.

Lefty says: September 1st, 2013 at 3:56 pm 100..Clutch, I can only speak for myself, but I’d rather see young pitchers who might be part of the future than 30-something journeymen minor leaguers like the 3Ms. Even if the youngsters struggle, at least they’re gaining some experience at the big league level.

* Good call but this leads me to a question I seem to ask every September 1st. When is a veteran TOO much of a veteran that fans have to go to the ends of the earth to denigrate? what is the standard bearer?

* Do Vets who are 29-31 OK but some who are 32-38 are goners? Are the Hairston Brothers all of a sudden (most seasons) out of the woods because of their respective productivity etc.

* Is it when a VET has a starting Job? I just want to get a handle on this because I know that good baseball fans must take productivity over age, but then there are 18-26 year old fans that think a vet is old as soon as he goes 5/35 and makes four errors during one stretch.

* Was Will Clark too old at 36 in 2000 with the Cards when he hit .345 in 51 games with 12 HRs but in 1999 at the age of 35 with only 9 HR’s was “too old” to be a worthwhile vet.

* Let’s establish a definition or criteria moving forward (NO Rowand or Tejada references needed) of when a VET will be tolerated here on GE or when said Vet will be thrown under the bus.

Is it age? Is it productivity? Is it effort? Intangibles? Pretty wife?

I’m not defending Mijares. I’m defending every player on the roster. Mijares, Kieschnick, Pill, Belt, even Posey and Cain have been savaged on this board at one time or another. Many people here clearly think it’s EASY.
In fact, you can do EVERYTHING right and all that will do is increase your overall probability of success by about 2%. All it takes is a duck snort by Jason Werth about 4 inches inside the foul line off Brian Wilson a few years ago and and all the experts around here want rid of Wilson.

The flukesters would have you believe that the only GM to have a team in the World Series 3 times in the last 15 years or so should be fired.

2holehitting says: September 1st, 2013 at 4:15 pm 119..Brian says:
September 1st, 2013 at 2:25 pmHector- All he does is win
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Brian but winning is not important. It is your OBPS PSBS++ and BSPS+++ that matters. Have you no tlistened to the experts on this board?

I know this is a stoopid, petty little thing… But I am still glad to see Pence take his bat with him a couple steps out of the box there. I remember Posey doing the same thing a couple times recently too. Understand there might be a play at home… That game vs. PHI where J-Roll couldn’t slide into home (bacuause the bat was laying there in his base path) was an embaras$ment. Shouldn’t have ever happened.

Sometimes, it’s the little things. Baseball is just full of ’em.
And good teams make it all look easy.

Lefty:
“Posey’s last HR was July 20 at AT & T vs. these same Snakes–the first series after the All-Star Break.”

Hey, thanks for that stat. Is that one of the pay-features on B-R? Or maybe I’m not sure how to use all their play index doohickies and thingamabobs.

Is this the first time EVER that Kick has pitched with a lead? Let’s see it, maybe he can actually settle down. Sure, it’s September and we’re not in the playoff hunt. I like it. Give him a longer look in situations like this. Better’n Moscoso IMO.

Clutch, I think that’s an interesting question. It’s not just age. Angel Pagan is 32, and we’re all happy to see him back in the lineup. Scutaro is 37, and he just outfoxed Montero to steal third. Javi Lopez is 36, and I think we all agree he’s still fantastic.

I’d say it’s a combination of age + history + current productivity. Take Aubrey Huff. He was 34 when he started his final two-year deal with the Giants. He had an amazing age-33 season and helped lead the Giants to a parade down Market Street. So age wasn’t the thing, and the history was all positive. But he fell out of favor with the fan base, to put it politely, by two years of pretty abject suckitude. Even then, fans cheered wildly for him at the Ring Ceremony this year (I was at the game).

Ramirez and Mijares are good counterexamples and have some similarities to each other. Both were picked up midseason and were good but not great pieces of World Series winners. Neither are young (Mijares late 20s, Ramirez early 30s when acquired) and both have the “mediocre journeyman” label. So the age factor is against them (not prospects), the history factor is against them (they don’t have previous successful track records before the Giants, and their history with the Giants is so-so), and the current productivity factor (2013 and 2011 for Ramirez, too) is against them. Thus, there’s no real argument for being enthusiastic or even hopeful about them.

Moose–OK, but what’s your point? It’s Sept. 1 and Mijares has pitched very, very badly for the last month. I’m not saying drown him in McCovey Cove, but I see no reason to keep putting him in games 3-4 days a week in September when they get reinforcements. This season is long over, and the only useful goals for the rest of the season are (a) try to win some games for the fans and end well and (b) see what some of the younger players have to offer.

What’s your point? A person can’t give credit for a job well done now? If anything, I think it shows that Lefty and I are not so biased as to our positions.

And this is exactly why one should not use a small sample size of one or two games. For example, why I’m okay with Kiesch getting 18 starts or whatever, even though I’ve not been impressed by anything he’s shown on the field. Exactly why I’ll continue to wonder what Pill would do if his AB’s didn’t seem to come one-at-a-time against bullpen specialists after sitting for 2-5 days in between.

If you want to defend Mijares, fine. Your opinion is your own, and I can respect that. Even if I disagree. To try to say I’m contradicting myself… Well, not so sure about that. YMMV.

My point is you don’t drown a guy in McCovey Cove for a bad month when he has proven to be a valuable contributor. Will he be on the team next year? It’s not like he’s the # 2, 3, or even 4 man of the relief corp. He’s not that hard to replace. But of course that doesn’t mean you need to turn over the roster of every player who is expendable every 2 weeks. We all know who here would do that, and we all know it wouldn’t be pretty.

That sounds good to me, and I think we should bookmark your great reply and play it/bump it forward tediously on every single new thread
😉

I just want malcontents to say: Player abc is not doing well or Player xyz is struggling rather than “all these vets suck” or “sabean’s vet propensity sucks”

Why? Because I still think the so called golden years of baseball was somewhere from the early 60’s to the mid-late 70’s and Baseball Pase was grown and developed through the wonderful accomplishments and Memories by many baseball veterans that played too long.

I know that leaves out the fan who comes here and puffs his/her chest and says “I’ve been following the Giants since Pac Bell opened”, but nevertheless – that’s how I feel.

In 99% of the times I just want to leave the so called veterans alone.
When warranted = fine = but fans should keep it civil.

CU, the ” vet” that every one is killing on here that I personally feel for the most is Blanco..he has been asked to do much more than planned due to the Pagan injury, and clearly wore down. I see him as a great kid, and has been overused. He gives it his all, he is a stellar fielder ( key to winning the World Series) …. And people seem to actually “hate” the guy.

It’s a weird thing to me that many people would use Pill’s age against HIM. All I see is that he has done everything within his power to deserve more attention and playing time. He can’t be responsible for Bochy’s management of Pill. And let’s be clear, many of his PA’s are once every three games more than seeing a starter four times in a game. 48 starts in his 99 games.

I think if any one of us saw his numbers in some other teams’ MiLB system, we would be intrigued by his stats. And have interest in him. And then, wonder why he is so ‘stuck’ in that team’s farm system without getting more MLB time.

Well, he’s ours (for now) and it would just make sense to see if he can hit MLB pitching before we almost ‘have to’ cut him loose. Lefty says: “I’d say it’s a combination of age + history + current productivity.” Makes sense to me. But his ‘current productivity is really hindered by Bochy. To the point where we STILL don’t even know.

Why is that? Is there a private Field Manager’s bathroom in the clubhouse? Did Pill use it on his first day he ever got called up? We’ve seriously needed a power bat, for just about half of forever. Even in our system, they’re not ‘trying’ Pill at 3B or LF hardly at all. I just don’t get any of this.

Angel fans .
Nat fans ( made worse by last year ).
Snake fans .
Brewer fans ( the face of their franchise was exposed as a dirt bag ).

Let’s not forget that the Gs were the last team standing last year ( as they were two years prior ) , G-fans actually have it pretty damn good compared to the fans of the rest of the entire MLB circuit . Play the youngsters and avoid injuries to the hub players and will be good to go in 2014 ( Sabes needs to get busy as well ).

Sorry Carmol but very nonsensical argument.it’s Bochys fault regarding Pill. Uh huh.
It’s not always about stats. Sometimes you can see by looking. Well, maybe not you. But those who have a very well trained eye can. And I’m sure Bochy is not alone in the professional assessment of Pill. Does not almost 4000 professional baseball appearances mean anything to you? Or does it fall 1000 short for you?
His age isn’t what’s used against him per se. It’s his skills which are the reason he’s 29 and out of those 4000 AB’ s, only 300 or so are in MLB.

Yes, I understand we can’t ‘go back.’ I just find it tough that “some” would hold it against Pill that he is ‘too old’ as a prospect, and make some brash conclusion (based on age alone) that he “must” be terrible.

Personally, I’m hoping we can find a way to trade him to a club like MIN. Maybe we have to add another piece in. Fine. But a small-market team should be willing to take a low-risk chance on him producing power numbers while still under cheap, cost-control. My hope is we can net Marcus Semien (a very solid SS/2B/3B prospect) back in return.

I’m not really emotionally attached to him as a Giant (example of that would be Nate), I’m just baffled by how he’s been managed by our org. Sure, maybe there are a lot of voices in the Train Bust who feel he won’t cut it. But how does one KNOW without considerable playing time?

I mean, Crawford never really tore up the minors, but was called up based on a very large NEED. And his MLB stat line outperforms any year of his pro MiLB career. Yeah, go figure. I’m not saying Pill will outproduce his MiLB numbers, I’m saying I’m confused why he hasn’t had a sincere and long look.

I’m certainly open-minded enough to accept that maybe neither Belt nor Pill are the 2014 answer in LF. I get that. But why not gain some sort of value from this last month in a throwaway season? Please, let’s just find out. For the record, IMO Blanco is valuable to this team maybe even for 2014. But we don’t need to see him start any more games this year.

Pill will get his chance next season to prove his doubters wrong. It’s looking pretty clearly like the Giants aren’t going to be offering him a Major League contract. Even though its true that the Giants haven’t offered him the ideal chance to show what he can do, neither has he seized the opportunity in the chances he’s had. I doubt anyone else will offer him a Major League contract, either. He’ll go to another team on a minor league deal hoping to earn a spot in spring training.

Hi fellow Giants fans, really miss all of the comments and dialogue that goes on this blog but i gotta tell ya 4 months ago i bought a 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis that is in pristine condition except for the transmission which a buddy of mine put one in for $1000. Well this morning it was time for a exterior / interior detail on that baby which took 5.5 hours to complete,WOW i’m not 20 anymore but i’m pooped, the reason why i’m saying this is because during the entire process I had Marty Lurie on KNBR which made part of the day really fun. Nice company.

Carmot says
“I mean, Crawford never really tore up the minors, but was called up based on a very large NEED. And his MLB stat line outperforms any year of his pro MiLB career. Yeah, go figure. I’m not saying Pill will outproduce his MiLB numbers, I’m saying I’m confused why he hasn’t had a sincere and long look.”

I think you’ve hit it. Giants had a huge need at SS after failing/flailing with vets there. But with Pill, what was the analogous huge need that he filled? There’s no defensive position he excels at where there is a huge need as there was in the Crawford situation.

@CC and Carmot: you both were right on the nose. CRAWFORD was with the GIANTS base on a large need. both RENTERIA could not make the whole year he was here. but, i am thankful he had one good year and give us the WS trophy. and they signed a PED guy because RENTERIA and URIBE moved on. two more years of CRAWFORD and we will know if he is a keeper. as per BOCHY, he likes his make-up. it is the same with BELT. at least i have seen what BELT could do with the bat this year. and CRAWFORD? nothing to show for so far.

Somehow the Giants enjoy ownage vs the Snakes. Nice to get a series win.
Pence is all revved up with Free Agency looming and now having a fair shot at 20-20 with 17 dingers and right about there already on SB’s. Just hope the Giants do not offer him too many years ~three with an option would likely reel him in.
Great day at the plate for Hector. Posey should get some 3B time during Spring Training games. Depending on numerous factors Sanchez could be going elsewhere around next July 31. Now that his aches and pains are mostly lifted, he’s back in the groove with the bat
Two well-pitched starts for Petit now. Perhaps he really has learned how to craft a good outing. We’ll know more over the next four weeks. In case Timmy does decide to jump ship and SF does not pick up another starter, worst case scenario rotation would be Bumgarner, Cain, Vogelsong, Petit and Gaudin with Surkamp as #6. Hope Yusmeiro can keep it up.
The Brandons had a day off today. Perhaps Buster should be getting one start at 1B and one riding the pine, or maybe even two, for the rest of the month. Blanco sure could use some rest and Pence too, but the Reverend is on a mission.

Kyle Perizi: Thanks buddy! I’ve had a 73 chevelle , 69 skylark, 70 monte carlo and a 66 mustang all restored over the last 20 years or so and i just adore old cars to death. The smell the look and sound etc…….. My 89 Marquis has the 5.0 V8 and it cooks pretty good with a cadillac type ride and a sporty stance, love this thing. I was pretty tired working on it all morning into G’s baseball but Marty kept me company so that makes it pretty bearable. Big white letter BFG tires 235-60-15 cream vinyl top with beige paint ( great cond) brown interior is almost perfect.anyway sorry folks I got carried away but old cars is where it’s at. Back at it tomorrow morning around 7 30 am to finish a few things. don’t have time during the work week so right now is the best time to have at it.